affront
Example Sentences
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"The detention of the flotilla activists in international waters had already represented a serious affront to international law," he wrote on X on Tuesday.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Madrid rejected the demand, calling it an affront.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
What Cannon claimed as a personal affront, though, was merely Smith following the law.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026
It was famously experienced by the audience as an affront.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
“I am surprised, Matthew, that you should expose me to the affront of interference.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Vocabulary lists containing affront
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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